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What are the 20 most active volcanoes?

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What are the 20 most active volcanoes?

Most Active Volcanoes in the World

  • Mount Etna. It is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.
  • Kīlauea. It is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Mauna Loa.
  • Mount Vesuvius.
  • Mount Merapi.
  • Mount Nyiragongo.
  • Sakurajima.
  • Mount Yasur.

What are the names of the volcanoes that erupted?

The top five biggest volcanic eruptions

  1. 1 – Mount Tambora.
  2. 2 – Mount Krakatoa.
  3. 3 – Mount Pelée.
  4. 4 – Mount Ruiz. Mount Ruiz in Columbia, South America, had two destructive eruptions in 1985.
  5. 5 – Mount Vesuvius. In Italy in AD 79, this volcano devastated the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

What is the top 10 volcanoes in the world?

Full List

  • Mount Vesuvius.
  • Krakatoa.
  • Mount St. Helens.
  • Mount Tambora.
  • Mauna Loa.
  • Eyjafjallajokull.
  • Mount Pelée.
  • Thera.

What are the 20th century volcanic eruptions?

List of large volcanic eruptions of the 20th century

VEI Volcano (eruption) Year
6 Mount Pinatubo 1991
5 Mount Hudson 1991
2 Karangetang 1991–1993
4 Mount Spurr 1992

What are the 5 main volcanoes?

Intro. (Image credit: Jesse Allen)

  • Sangay, Ecuador – 94 years. (Image credit: Ecuador Ministry of Tourism)
  • Santa María, Guatemala – 101 years. (Image credit: dreamstime)
  • Stromboli, Italy – 108 years. (Image credit: stock.xchng)
  • Mount Etna, Italy – 109 years.
  • Mount Yasur, Vanautu – 111 years.

    • Do volcanoes have names?

    The Volcanoes of the World database designates a “primary” name for each volcano, but also include synonyms and a large number of feature names (and their synonyms).

    What are the top 10 worst volcanic eruptions?

    The Top Ten: Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

    • Tambora, Indonesia. 1815. 92,000.
    • Krakatau, Indonesia. 1883. 36,417.
    • Mount Pelee, Martinique. 1902. 29,025.
    • Ruiz, Colombia. 1985. 25,000.
    • Unzen, Japan. 1792. 14,300.
    • Laki, Iceland. 1783. 9,350.
    • Kelut, Indonesia. 1919. 5,110.
    • Galunggung, Indonesia. 1882. 4,011.

    What are the 5 biggest volcanic eruptions?

    5 of the Biggest Volcanic Eruptions in History

    • The first recorded volcanic eruption: Vesuvius (79 AD)
    • The longest volcanic eruption: Yasur (1774-present)
    • The deadliest volcanic eruption: Tambora (1815)
    • The loudest volcanic eruption: Krakatoa (1883)
    • The most expensive volcanic eruption: Nevado del Ruiz (1985)

    What is the 23 active volcanoes in the Philippines?

    Volcanoes of the Philippines

    Item No. Name of Volcano Province
    21 Pinatubo Boundaries of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales in Luzon
    22 Ragang Lanao del Sur and Cotobato in Mindanao
    23 Smith Babuyan Island Group, Cagayan in Luzon
    24 Taal Batangas in Luzon

    What are the top 5 most destructive volcanoes?

    Here are the five deadliest volcanoes in history:

    • Tambora, Indonesia (1815) The largest recorded volcanic eruption in history, Tambora caused enough starvation and disease to kill approximately 80,000 people.
    • Krakatau, Indonesia (1883)
    • Pelée, Martinique (1902)
    • Ruiz, Colombia (1985)
    • Unzen, Japan (1792)